Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Enhancement of Despeckled Ultrasound Images by Forward-Backward Diffusion

  • Conference paper
Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG 2014)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNIP,volume 8671))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

The forward-backward diffusion (FBD) by itself does not remove speckles from the ultrasound (US) images. However, it can effectively improve results of methods intended for speckle removal. In this paper improvement of the results coming from the nonlinear coherent diffusion (NCD) is considered. The NCD-processed image still contains excessive amount of detail that cannot be attributed to the human tissues. The paper describes the details of the FBD approach and presents examples of the obtained results. Changes made to images by the FBD are quantitatively analyzed by considering statistical moments, textural measures, and image quality measures. It is shown that the FBD simplifies the image and improves visibility of the most important structures in the image.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Abd-Elmoniem, K.Z., Youssef, A.-B.M., Kadah, Y.M.: Real-time speckle reduction and coherence enhancement in ultrasound imaging via nonlinear anisotropic diffusion. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 49(9), 997–1014 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Contreras Ortiz, S.H., Chiu, T., Fox, M.D.: Ultrasound image enhancement: a review. Biomed. Sign. Proc. & Control. 7, 419–428 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Gilboa, G., Sochen, N., Zeevi, Y.Y.: Forward-and-backward diffusion processes for adaptive image enhancement and denoising. IEEE Trans. Image Process. 11(7), 689–703 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Gonzalez, R.C., Woods, R.E., Eddins, S.L.: Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB. Gatesmark Publishing (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Loizou, C.P., Pattichis, C.S.: Despeckle Filtering Algorithms and Software for Ultrasound Imaging. Morgan & Claypool (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Michailovich, O.V., Tannenbaum, A.: Despeckling of medical ultrasound images. IEEE Trans. Ultrason Ferroelect. Freq. Contr. 53(1), 64–78 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Nieniewski, M., Zajączkowski, P.: Real-time speckle reduction in ultrasound images by means of nonlinear coherent diffusion using GPU. In: ICCVG 2014. LNCS, vol. 8671, pp. 462–469. Springer, Heidelberg (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Perona, P., Malik, J.: Scale-space and edge detection using anisotropic diffusion. IEEE Trans. Patt. Anal. Mach. Intell. 12(7), 629–639 (1990)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Łódź, ul. Banacha 22, 90-238, Łódź, Poland

    Mariusz Nieniewski

Authors
  1. Mariusz Nieniewski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland

    Leszek J. Chmielewski

  2. Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska str. 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland

    Ryszard Kozera

  3. The .enpeda.. Project, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Bok-Suk Shin

  4. Institute of Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland

    Konrad Wojciechowski

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this paper

Cite this paper

Nieniewski, M. (2014). Enhancement of Despeckled Ultrasound Images by Forward-Backward Diffusion. In: Chmielewski, L.J., Kozera, R., Shin, BS., Wojciechowski, K. (eds) Computer Vision and Graphics. ICCVG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8671. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11331-9_54

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11331-9_54

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-11330-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-11331-9

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation